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My Most Anticipated New Release Romance Books of 2026
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items These are the new release romance books I will drop everything to read in 2026. It’s a love story baby just say yes to these love stories
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New Release Contemporary Romances
New Release Sports Romances
New Release Romantasy
My Most Anticipated Dark Romances 2026
Most Anticipated Summer Romances
Most Anticipated Young Adult Romances
New Release Contemporary Romances
These are the romance books I will drop everything to read next year
Elsie Silver knows how to write a cowboys romance. It’s a small town, cowboy romance. Elsie Silver is amazing at writing interconnected standalone that really paint a picture of a cute small town vibe. This is out May 19. Preorder now
Fever Dream: A Novel|Paperback
Abby Jimenez has such an amazing way of writing romance. This is a romantic comedy, summer romance. This is out March 24. Preorder now
The Night We Met (Deluxe Edition)|Hardcover
I love the Kings of Sin series so much and im beyond excited for this book. It’s an enemies to lovers, billionaire romance, with smut. It’s out April 28. Preorder now
King of Gluttony (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
Carley Fortune writes the best summer romances. This is a friends to lovers, summer romance. This is out May 5. Preorder now
Our Perfect Storm (Signed Book)|Signed Book
I’m so excited for Catherine’s new series. She’s so good at writing chemistry. This will be the first out of 5 books in this series. This is out March 3. Preorder now.
Across the Vanishing Sky (Deluxe Edition)|Paperback
Ashley is so good at writing magical realism. This book should be adorable. It’s a romance by the same author who wrote The Seven Year Slip. This is out June 16. Preorder now
The Someday Garden (Signed Book)|Signed Book
I loved her most recent release. It was so cute and I can’t wait for this one. This is a summer beach read I can’t wait to put on my summer tbr. It’s out May 26. Preorder now
Dolly All the Time|Paperback
Katherine Center writes great romances with no spice for those who don’t like spicy books. It’s an adult fiction, romantic comedy. This is out May 19. Preorder now.
The Shippers: A Novel|Hardcover
A friendship that began as a lie when the two main character start to fake date to dupe their exes. This is out April 14. Preorder now
Happy Ending|Paperback
The two main characters are forced to work together when the Female main character takes over the hockey team that the male main character coaches for. This is out February 3. Preorder now
The Wild Card: A Vancouver Storm Novel|Paperback
When opposites attract and two colleagues must figure out how to work together. I love a good workplace romance. This comes out February 24. Preorder now
And Now, Back to You|Paperback
A second chance romance about a couple who have to find their way back to each other after a traumatic accident threatens to break them apart. This comes out March 3. Preorder now
No Matter What: A Novel|Paperback
These books are always so spicy. Laurie Gilmore knows what she’s doing when she writes a forbidden romance. This is out May 5th. Preorder now
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop (Dream Harbor, Book 6)|Paperback
New Release Sports Romances
These cute sports romances will leave it all on the field, can they score?
She owns the team and he is the coach. He’s set in his way and doesn’t like to be told what to do. What could go wrong? This is out March 3. Preorder now.
In Her Own League|Paperback
The last book in the series. I’m so ready for the grumpy goalkeeper, Noah. It is a soccer, sports romance with a single dad trope. This is out October 27. Preorder now
The Keeper (Deluxe Edition) (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Gods of the Game #3)|BN Exclusive
A lgbtq sports romance to start the year off. I love a good sports romance. This is a workplace romance with spice. This is out January 6. Preorder now
Playing for Keeps: A Novel by Alexandria Bellefleur ...
An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella set in the world of video. Gaming can bring out the competitive side in all of us. This is out February 10. Preorder now
Two Can Play|Audiobook
Book 5 in the Big Shots series is a new baseball romance. It’s adult fiction with spice and I can’t wait to see what happens. This is out January 20. Preorder now
Catch Her If You Can: A Novel (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
This is a new YA baseball, sports romance. It also is about a theater kid and them working together figure out what is next for their relationship. This is out March 3 and is for anyone who loves Carly Fortune. Preorder now
Meet Me Under the Lights by Cassie Miller, Paperback
What if you were forced to work with your childhood crush to save your career? I love a sports romance, but add forced proximity and friends to lovers? Yea please. This is out January 6. Preorder now
Drive Me Crazy|Paperback
The two main characters are forced to work together when the Female main character takes over the hockey team that the male main character coaches for. This is out February 3. Preorder now
The Wild Card: A Vancouver Storm Novel|Paperback
New Release Romantasy
Combine a high-stakes fantasy plot with a sweet romantic dynamic and you’ve got an amazingly good romantasy novel
This is the second book in the Souls of Shadow series about love, gods, magic and monsters. Specifically, vampires, which I love. This is out March 10. Preorder now.
Heart of Mischief: Soul of Shadow: Book Two|Hardcover
Book 2 in the Shield of Sparrows series. I am so excited for this book. Devney Perry is an amazing romance author and now an amazing romantacy author. This is an adult fantasy romance with spice and magic. This is out April 7. Preorder now.
Rites of the Starling|Hardcover
Love Quicksilver? Book 3 in this popular romantacy series comes out November 10. This is an adult fantasy romance with spice and magic. Preorder now
Fae & Alchemy Book 3 (Deluxe Limited Edition)|Hardcover
The first book in the series was so good and I cannot wait for this book. This is an adult gothic fantasy romance. This is out September 1. Preorder now
The Knave and the Moon (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
This is set in the same world as the Shatter Me series. It’s a dystopian, enemies to lovers that is set 10 years later. This is out April 7. Preorder now.
Release Me (Deluxe Limited Edition)|Special
My Most Anticipated Dark Romances 2026
A romance that blends spicy romantic comedy with emotional drama, focusing on the complex dynamics of possessive love and passionate connections.
I love a good dark romance. It’s one genre I just started to read and it’s intoxicating. This is an adult dark romance with spice. Please check your trigger warnings. This is out March 30. Preorder now
My Dreadful Darling
The third installment of this series. It’s a great way to get your heart rate up. This is an adult dark romance with spice. With any dark romance please check the warnings at the beginning of the book. This is out March 31. Preorder now
Game On (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Into Darkness Series #3)|BN Exclusive
The third installment in the series. Rona Kent is a popular dark romance writer and I’m so excited for this book. It’s a sexy dark romance with spice. It’s out June 9. Preorder now
Tempting Venom (Deluxe Edition)|BN Exclusive
This is a MM dark romance about fighting for your future and fighting for love and I absolutely love that. This is out February 10. Preorder now
Promise Me|Paperback
Most Anticipated Summer Romances
A sun-drenched, fleeting love story with classic tropes like "opposites attract" or "meet-cute" moments
This is a romantic comedy, summer romance about longing and figuring out how to get everything you want without hurting the people you love. This is out March 24. Preorder now
The Night We Met (Deluxe Edition)|Hardcover
Carley Fortune writes the best summer romances. This is a friends to lovers, summer romance. This is out May 5. Preorder now
Our Perfect Storm (Signed Book)|Signed Book
I loved her most recent release. It was so cute and I can’t wait for this one. This is a summer beach read I can’t wait to put on my summer tbr. It’s out May 26. Preorder now
Dolly All the Time|Paperback
I’m so excited for Catherine’s new series. She’s so good at writing chemistry. This will be the first out of 5 books in this series. This is out March 3. Preorder now.
Across the Vanishing Sky (Deluxe Edition)|Paperback
Most Anticipated Young Adult Romances
A good YA romance captures your heart with witty banter and great chemistry
This is the final book in the series of a young adult mystery, fantasy. It is by the same author who wrote the Inheritance Games. It’s out July 14. Preorder now
The Gilded Blade (Signed B&N Exclusive Book)|Signed Exclusive
This is a new YA baseball, sports romance. It also is about a theater kid. This is out March 3 and is for anyone who loves Carly Fortune. Preorder now
Meet Me Under the Lights by Cassie Miller, Paperback
This is a such a cute YA paranormal, mystery romance about to academic rivals that are ghosts trapped in a house together. It’s out May 5. Preorder now.
You're Dead to Me, Reed Walker|Hardcover
This is set in the same world as the Shatter Me series. It’s a dystopian, enemies to lovers that is set 10 years later. This is out April 7. Preorder now.
Release Me (Deluxe Limited Edition)|Special
Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Romances
Whether it is Regency, Victorian, Scottish, or Americana, these are my most anticipated historical romances!
This is a historical fiction romance with pirates and I can’t get enough of that. I love historical fiction, but add in pirates and romance? Yes please! This is out June 23. Preorder now
Scandal of the Summer: A Novel|Paperback
This is about a woman who marries and escapes to the Scottish Highlands where she meets her now husband’s mistress, his illegitimate daughter and a ghost or two. When her husband dies she must navigate her life and all the mysteries her husband left ...
The Last Lady B|Paperback
This is book 2 in the Princes of London series and is about a treasure hunter and a woman who battle over a Viking Hoard. This is out March 31.
The Scoundrel and the Siren: A Novel|Paperback
Matilda and Margo are cut from a different cloth then the rest of the ton and they are dead set on doing things their way, but this time it may have caught up to them. This is out February 17. Preorder now
The Halifax Hellions|Paperback
My Most Anticipated Enemies to Lovers Romances
Enemies to lovers is one of my favorite tropes when it’s built by hate and fueled by tension
This story is Sebastian and Maya’s. When the man is Gluttonous what does that mean for the girl? It’s an enemies to lovers, billionaire romance, with smut. It’s out April 28. Preorder now
King of Gluttony (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
What do you mean we have to work together? Gaming can bring out the competitive side in all of us. This is out February 10. Preorder now
Two Can Play|Audiobook
I love a strong man who shows vulnerability. This is giving lake-side romance and grown-up longing. The man wants her, but will he do everything to finally get her? This is out May 19. Preorder now
Fever Dream: A Novel|Paperback
This is book 2 in the Princes of London series and is about a treasure hunter and a woman battle over a Viking Hoard. How can you fall in love with someone you are actively fighting against? I can’t wait to find out. This is out March 31. Preorder no...
The Scoundrel and the Siren: A Novel|Paperback
This is a such a cute YA paranormal, mystery romance about to academic rivals that are ghosts trapped in a house together. They are enemies who would kill each other if they were already dead. How funny is that? It’s out May 5. Preorder now.
You're Dead to Me, Reed Walker|Hardcover
It’s a dystopian, enemies to lovers that is set 10 years later. Of course you would fall for someone in the mist of a panic and the world crumbling. This is out April 7. Preorder now.
Release Me (Deluxe Limited Edition)|Special
Most Anticipated Friends to Lovers Romances
Friends to lovers is one of the best trope because you can feel the tension that’s built up over so much time of longing and yearning
Katherine Center writes great romances with no spice for those who don’t like spicy books. It’s an adult fiction, romantic comedy. This is out May 19. Preorder now.
The Shippers: A Novel|Hardcover
The friends have put themselves in a position where they have a time limit to decide if they want to stay friends and then it leads to more. This is out May 5. Preorder now
Our Perfect Storm (Signed Book)|Signed Book
Book 5 in the Big Shots series. Tessa Bailey brings a new baseball romance. It’s adult fiction with spice and I can’t wait to see what happens. This is out January 20. Preorder now
Catch Her If You Can: A Novel (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
What if you were forced to work with your childhood crush to save your career? It’s forced proximity and friends to lovers? Things get hot and heavy when they can’t get away from each other. This is out January 6. Preorder now
Drive Me Crazy|Paperback
A friendship that began as a lie when the two main character start to fake date to dupe their exes. This is out April 14. Preorder now
Happy Ending|Paperback
Single Parent Trope Romances
I love a single parent trope because everyone deserves love
This is giving Pretty Woman, but without the lady of the night aspect. This is a summer beach read I can’t wait to put on my summer tbr. It’s out May 26. Preorder now
Dolly All the Time|Paperback
It is a soccer, sports romance with a single dad trope. Noah is the definition of grumpy, but ai have a feeling there’s so much more to him and ai can’t wait to find out. This is out October 27. Preorder now
The Keeper (Deluxe Edition) (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Gods of the Game #3)|BN Exclusive
The writers most recent series just end and now we have a new one. This will be the first out of 5 books in this series. The audiobooks will be amazing with a full cast of characters starting with book one. This is out March 3. Preorder now.
Across the Vanishing Sky (Deluxe Edition)|Paperback
The two main characters are forced to work together when the Female main character takes over the hockey team that the male main character coaches for. A hockey romance and a workplace romance couldn’t get any better. This is out February 3. Preorder...
The Wild Card: A Vancouver Storm Novel|Paperback
Most Anticipated Forbidden Romances
If you tell someone no they will just want to do it more. It’s the perfect set up
Forbidden romance is the epitome of telling someone no and then they have to say yes. This is out January 20. Preorder now
Catch Her If You Can: A Novel (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
She thinks she knows, but she really doesn’t. The person she’s dating is not the person who took her home that night. Can the real person tell her the truth? This is out March 24. Preorder now
The Night We Met (Deluxe Edition)|Hardcover
A forbidden romance where longing and desire are at the forefront of the relationship. This is out May 19. Preorder now
Fever Dream: A Novel|Paperback
This is set in the same world as the Shatter Me series. It’s a dystopian, enemies to lovers that is set 10 years later. This is out April 7. Preorder now.
Release Me (Deluxe Limited Edition)|Special
Most Anticipated Workplace Romances
Witty banter, forced proximity, and a mix of professional tension with undeniable personal chemistry
She is boss and they must work together to make sure this hockey team is the best they can possibly be. What could go wrong? This is out February 3. Preorder now
The Wild Card: A Vancouver Storm Novel|Paperback
When opposites attract and two colleagues must figure out how to work together. I love a good workplace romance. This comes out February 24. Preorder now
And Now, Back to You|Paperback
Shes his boss? He doesn’t exactly love being bossed around, but maybe he can boss her around in the bedroom?This is out March 3. Preorder now.
In Her Own League|Paperback
One works for a famous singer and the other works for a famous football player. When they are forced to work together they figure out how much they really like each other. This is out January 6. Preorder now
Playing for Keeps: A Novel by Alexandria Bellefleur ...
What if you were forced to work with your childhood crush to save your career? I love a sports romance, but add forced proximity and friends to lovers? Yea please. This is out January 6. Preorder now
Drive Me Crazy|Paperback